Love Journey

30. The Joke

The words leave her mouth and my eyes widen, here stands the man I have been wishing and wanting to meet my entire life and he just appears, in my kitchen in a boxer, with my mother like they had the most fabulous night and are about to give me a little brother or sister. My mother has to be playing with me, this has to be a prank, because she really isn't introducing me to him like this. All these years of "He didn't want to be with us", or "He went on his way", she really isn't  going to introduce us like this. Hell I thought the man was dead.

"Sweetie?" her weiried voice questions bring me from my paralyzed state, while I having about 3 thousand different thoughts flying around in my head,

"I-Uh- WHAT?" the only word that seems to make sense in my mind right now,

"I said this is your father" she repeats like I need to hear it again,

"Yea I heard that but WHAT?"

They both stare at me, now that I'm looking at them I have her eyes and his nose, THAT'S NOT THE POINT RIGHT NOW,

"Uhhhhhhh and he just reappeared after 18 years because?" I probably sound like a bitch right now but seriously, 18 years later, I done live my whole life without ever knowing him, without knowing if I'm a daddy's girl because he gave me no option, without knowing if I had a relationship with a cousin from my father's side, I really didn't know him so why must he show up now,

"Well I just reconnected with her, I didn't know I had a daughter" he says, very pleasantly,

"You didn't know?" I ask, my attitude subdued,

"I didn't know, when we were together, she broke up with me for reasons I didn't know, she lost all contact with me so I didn't know I have a daughter" he says and my eyes drift to my mother who hangs her head in shame,

"So you lied to me?" I say to her and she didn't respond, she always told me that he left us, that he didn't want us, that he had somewhere else to be, but here he is, Robert, standing right in front of me telling me the truth after all this time, "You really lied to me" I feel like such a fool for listening to her all these years and gradually hated this man over the last few years and he did nothing wrong. His eyes go back and forth between us, as she remains quiet, she sighs before looking at me,

"I know I had to explain this to both of you one day, I'm truly sorry" she says, and I'm still over here pissed,

"My mother didn't want me to be with you" she says looking at him, he nods,

"I remember" he chim

"She went out of her way to break us up, my father was sick at the time and she used him to get me away from you, I wanted to explain to you the day I left but I couldn't, I didn't know how to say I love you but I have to leave" I see tears pool in her eyes as she looks at him, he takes her hand and kisses her knuckles, "Few weeks later I found out I was pregnant, I wanted to tell you, I felt so alone, my parents died weeks apart, there I am no parents and pregnant, I wanted to tell you Rob, I really did but I couldn't find your number" she says, as she speaks my heart aches for my mother we never really spoke about family and I can see why, "Sam I didn't tell you the truth about him because I really didn't know the answers, and I told you he was gone because I was hurt he never came back, I'm sorry I lied to you" she finishes her eyes are fixed on me, I just found out my father is alive, my grandmother was totally a manipulative bitch Sorry granny and I have a boyfriend and it's just 9 am what a great Saturday I'm having. Here we are standing, I have a father, my mother never stopped loving him and he clearly never stopped loving her,

"Uhhh well since we're all spilling secrets" I say getting their attention, "Mum remember the fella from the plane",

"Yea, the rude one I told you about" she says to him and mouths 'Ahh',

"Well, he lives across the road and he's my boyfriend" I confidently say, if she starts with any objections I'm about to tell her how much like granny she is, her eyebrows shoot up and stares at me, I stand my ground because this cycle isn't continuing,

"How long have you been seeing him?" she asks and I know she really wants to come over here and shake my brains but I guess Robert is saving me,

"I guess 2 weeks after the flight" that sounds about a right, well we weren't technically going out then but whatever,

"Oh and you like him?",

"Contrary to what you believe he's really sweet" I feel a smile pull at my lips as I think about him,

"And you've been keeping this from me?" she cocks an eyebrow at me,

"You lied to me for 18 years I think we're even" I say shrugging  and Robert chuckles, receiving a side eye from her,

"Well I guess you're right".

I leave my mother and Robert to their breakfast and go to my room, Denise really isn't going to believe this so I decide to invite her over and let her see for herself. Within minutes I hear a knock on the front door, and I go to quickly answer it, passing him feeding her bacon as they sit on the stools around the kitchen island.

Denise's eyes widen as she examines Robert,

"Good morning" she says,

"Hi Denise" my mother chimes and Denise looks at her the same way I do, WHAT? She's being nice to Denise?, this man been here one night and however he put down he needs to do it again,

"Uh hello, I'm Robert" he stands to give her a hand shake, but slowly returns to his seat when he notices what he's wearing. So it's okay for me to be scarred but not her???

"I'm Denise, her bestfriend" she says still looking at him,

"I guess we should get dressed" he says to my mother and she nods, "After you" he offers and she goes first, "Help yourselves" he says to us before leaving.

We get 2 plates and begin to help ourselves to the food, eggs, bacon, toast and cherries, this nigga had to buy this stuff because I do not remember having cherries and all this other stuff when I left home,

"You look so much like him" Denise says as she stuffs a piece of toast in her mouth,

"I do not"

"Come on, even your smile is all him" she says,

"I guess I have to thank him for making me look good", this is great knowing that I have a father but how am I supposed to warm up to someone I met 15 minutes ago. He seems really nice and I do see the resemblance, slightly.

They return fully clothed to join us,

"So uh Robert, what do you do?" I say getting right into the questions, what I'm ready to learn as much about him,

"Sam" my mother scolds and he laughs it off,

"It's alright, I'm an engineer I lived in Atlanta for the last 10 years but I came back because I missed being home" he says and I understand the slight accent,

"How old are you?"

"I'm 44" he says,

"When's-" I begin but he stops me,

"How about I ask you some questions too?"

"Ok" at this time Denise and Mum leave us to get acquainted, Denise is supposed to be my moral support but she grabs and bag of Doritos and goes into the living room like she doesn't have a purpose here,

"When's your birthday?" he asks,

"July 28th"

"Ahh I'm August 2nd"

Our conversations goes on for another hour before I leave my parents and Denise leaves me to go out with Darian.

A/N:Hey guys, this chapter is dedicated to @dajules12345 for being a sweetheart.

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